In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
It has been established throughout this whole western hemisphere
By I and I the Rastaman, that he is the fullness of this creation
The architecture and builder, the life giver, the keeper of all mankind
Every nation, kindred and town
Must call upon Jah Rastafar
This is outernational
This is outernational
Act, but not to reflect on the act
Victory and and victorious are the same
Seek detachment, fight without desire
Got too many white boys
Got too many white boys
Jah Rastafar
Jah Rastafar
DJ a wonder the original sound by the talk of the town
Some boy come like it don't have him own like a dog without bone
You get me, original Dennis Al Capone who come like a ting from a town, send cross
DJ a wonder the original sound by the talk of the town
Some boy come like it don't have him own like a dog without bone
You get me, original Dennis Al Capone who come like a ting from a town, send cross
I've been indicted as a freak of all trades
I've got it made
This is outernational
Jah Rastafar
This is outernational
Jah Rastafar
By I and I the Rastaman, that he is the fullness of this creation
The architecture and builder, the life giver, the keeper of all mankind
Every nation, kindred and town
Must call upon Jah Rastafar
This is outernational
This is outernational
Act, but not to reflect on the act
Victory and and victorious are the same
Seek detachment, fight without desire
Got too many white boys
Got too many white boys
Jah Rastafar
Jah Rastafar
DJ a wonder the original sound by the talk of the town
Some boy come like it don't have him own like a dog without bone
You get me, original Dennis Al Capone who come like a ting from a town, send cross
DJ a wonder the original sound by the talk of the town
Some boy come like it don't have him own like a dog without bone
You get me, original Dennis Al Capone who come like a ting from a town, send cross
I've been indicted as a freak of all trades
I've got it made
This is outernational
Jah Rastafar
This is outernational
Jah Rastafar
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
2001 Spliff Odyssey Lyrics as written by Eric Hilton Robert Manuel Garza
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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